Adelaide Advertiser Tournament

The Adelaide Advertiser Tournament was a golf event played in Adelaide, Australia between 1948 and 1967. Up to 1960 the event was played in March or April but was later played in September or October. The venue generally alternated between Royal Adelaide Golf Club and Kooyonga Golf Club. Prize money was £500 from 1948 to 1952, £1,000 from 1953 to 1964, £1,500 in 1965 and A$3,000 in 1966 and 1967.

Adelaide Advertiser Tournament
Tournament information
LocationAdelaide, Australia
Established1948
Final year1967
Final champion
Bob Stanton

Adelaide Advertiser Special Tournament

An extra event was played in October 1952 called the Adelaide Advertiser Special Tournament with prize money of £1,000. It was played at Kooyonga Golf Club with a first prize of £350. The tournament was organised because of the visit of a team of four American golfers; Jimmy Demaret, Lloyd Mangrum, Ed Oliver and Jim Turnesa. Mangrum won with a 36-hole score of 137, four strokes ahead of Oliver.[1]

Winners
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (A£)		Ref
1948Ossie Pickworth AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2872 strokesAustralia Eric Cremin[2]
1949Norman Von Nida AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2844 strokesAustralia Eric Cremin[3]
1950Eric Cremin AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2841 strokeWales Dai Rees[4]
1951Eric Cremin (2) AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2811 strokeAustralia Ossie Pickworth[5]
1952Jack Harris AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2852 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle[6]
1953Kel Nagle AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2791 strokeAustralia Ossie Pickworth[7]
1954 and 1955: No tournament
1956Bill Shephard (a) AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2115 strokesAustralia Sid Cowling
Australia Eric Cremin
Australia Ossie Pickworth
Australia Len Woodward		[8]
1957Murray Crafter AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2824 strokesAustralia Sid Cowling[9]
1958Kel Nagle (2) AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2791 strokeAustralia Murray Crafter[10]
1959Murray Crafter (2) AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2812 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle[11]
1960Eric Cremin (3) AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2881 strokeAustralia Frank Phillips[12]
1961Peter Thomson AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2861 strokeAustralia Eric Cremin[13]
1962Kel Nagle (3) AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2806 strokesAustralia Peter Thomson[14]
1963Bruce Devlin
Frank Phillips		 Australia
 Australia		Royal Adelaide Golf Club282Tied[15]
1964Frank Phillips (2) AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2851 strokeAustralia Brian Crafter
New Zealand Walter Godfrey		[16]
1965Bob Stanton AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2911 strokeAustralia Frank Phillips
Australia John Sullivan		350[17]
1966Brian Crafter AustraliaKooyonga Golf Club2754 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle
Australia Frank Phillips		A$700[18]
1967Bob Stanton (2) AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Golf Club2919 strokesAustralia Bob ShawA$700[19]

References
  1. ""Power Plus" Golf Wins for Mangrum". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 29 October 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  2. "Pickworth Wins The Advertiser Five Hundred". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 12 April 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "Record Gallery Sees Von Nida's Golf Win". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 11 April 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  4. "Cremin's One Stroke Win From Dai Rees". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 3 April 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  5. "Adelaide Golf". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 2 April 1951. p. 16. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  6. "First Major Win For Vic. Professional". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 7 April 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  7. "Nagle Wins Advertiser Golf With Record 279". The Chronicle (South Australia). South Australia. 2 April 1953. p. 42. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  8. "Adelaide Golf to Shephard". The Age. 9 April 1956. p. 17.
  9. "Crafter's 4-Stroke in Big Adelaide Golf". The Age. 9 April 1957. p. 18.
  10. "Decision pays off for Kel Nagle". The Age. 14 April 1958. p. 15.
  11. "Strong Finish by Crafter in Golf". The Age. 6 April 1959. p. 17.
  12. "Golf Win to Eric Cremin". The Age. 25 April 1960. p. 20.
  13. "Thomas by Stroke in S.A." The Age. 23 October 1961. p. 20.
  14. "Nagle Tames Gale to Win". The Age. 8 October 1962. p. 20.
  15. "£1,000 Open Golf Tied". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 October 1963. p. 18. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  16. "Phillips by One Stroke". The Age. 7 September 1964. p. 23.
  17. "Stanton wins Adelaide golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 5 January 2020 – via Trove.
  18. ""Young" Crafter wins well". The Age. 10 October 1966. p. 23.
  19. "Stanton in easy S. Aust golf win". The Sun-Herald. 8 October 1967. p. 64.
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